Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

57 reviews

shawniejo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Car accident

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

imfixintoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

I enjoyed Stacy's books before this one so I was really looking forward to this book. It's completely different than the previous two she has published. I found it waffling between slow and medium-paced; though towards the end, I couldn't put it down. It reads a little more YA than I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Stalking

pammyslifestyle's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

hellarachel's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Murder

dietriche's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.5

Stacy can do no wrong!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment

melissatrew's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

”They’ll just think we’re naïve… Just a couple of harmless little girls.”

2024 is going to be the year of the fantastic new thrillers, I can tell already! This was twisty and manipulative and so fun to read - think Mean Girls meets Inventing Anna. Stacy Willingham is an auto-buy author for me, and she’s staying at the top of that list after this book. The story got a little slow in places, but all of the twists & turns & deceptions pulled me back in and kept me hooked. 4.5 stars.

”We got away with murder, not just once but three times over.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Rape

katiecummings1981's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I found the book repetitive, slow and although I finished it, I struggled to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

lauren_lovestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault